Grim Reaper greets Bush in Canada: ‘GWB, I am your biggest fan’

Peacenik doesn't quite know what to make of the fact that 2000 people paid to see George Bush in Edmonton. Or that George Bush got a standing ovation in Edmonton. Or that similar events are scheduled for Saskatoon and Montreal.

This is some kind of measure of a sickness in society, a kind of depravity in society. When George Bush can't sell one ticket or get invited to any venue in Canada, Canada will be a better country. Until then Peacenik hopes Bushites in Canada will shut their pie holes and emigrate to the U.S.

by John Byrne



Ex-president gets standing ovation from paid crowd

During a visit to speak in Canada Tuesday, former president George W. Bush was met with signs, songs, screams and a black-clad Grim Reaper. And a little applause.

Protesters outside the speech carried signs emblazoned with such phrases as "Bush is a war criminal," "Bush lied, 1,000s died" and "Canada is not Bush Country," according to a Canadian press report. As a crowd mushroomed, police erected metal barricades.

Bush spoke at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton where he led a talk, "A Conversation with George Bush." Tickets to the event ranged from $30 to $100. All 2,000 tickets sold out, and ticketholders were frisked and made to show their tickets twice upon entrance.

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George Galloway banned from Canada while George W. Bush is welcomed

punditman says...

Punditman had barely recovered from last week's fiasco in Calgary, whereby Dubya was given the red carpet treatment, and then this story hits the headlines. Let's see: George Galloway is a British member of Parliament, albeit a controversial one. He is an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, the occupation of Afghanistan, the occupation of Palestine and Israel's attacks in Lebanon and Gaza. In other words, his views are in sync with millions of others, which is no reason to ban him from entering Canada for a speaking tour. Especially since there is no evidence that he is a "financial supporter of terrorism." The politicized allegations against him have not been proven in a court of law. Obviously this is a total affront to free speech.

Meanwhile, George W. Bush is more than controversial; by any sane standard, he's an international criminal of mammoth proportion---yet the Harper government and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce saw fit to greet him with open arms and an open wallet. Utterly disgusting. Such is the mentality of the neo cons who rule this country. To see what Galloway is really all about, view the above video. Then kiss your free speech goodbye.